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| Criterion |  Systems Thinking CATWOE Analysis |  Product Discovery Context Canvas |  Knowledge Modeling Ontology Design Patterns |  Systems Thinking Behavior Over Time Graph |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | CATWOE structures a problem from six viewpoints and prevents too narrow a view of the situation. Different experiences of the system become comparably discussable this way. | When an environment of users, systems, and constraints is hard to grasp, it puts the context compactly on the table. It creates a clear reading of influence, boundary, and dependency. | Ontology Design Patterns provide reusable building blocks for recurring modeling problems. The method brings structure to the search for clean concepts, relationships, and roles. | A Behavior Over Time Graph shows how a metric or observation develops over time. The method makes trends, breaks, and recurring patterns visible that get lost in snapshots. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 45-90 min | 1-3 h pro Pattern | 20-45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 3-10 | 1-6 | 1-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | CATWOE Canvas, Root Definition, Stakeholder Perspectives, Constraints | Context canvas, Open questions, Shared context notes | Selected Patterns, Adapted Schema Fragments, Pattern Documentation | Behavior Over Time Graph, Trend Hypotheses, Key Events |
Tagsno overlap | Systems thinkingFramingStakeholders | ContextFramingRequirementsCanvas | OntologyPatternsReuseSemanticModeling | Systems thinkingPatternsDynamics |